BACKGROUND: Gene transfer to study the effect of a exogenous gene on cells is a commonly used technique for molecular biology. Compared with viral vector,pcDNA4.0-TGF-?1 eukaryotic expression plasmid transfection has no inherent toxicity or cytotoxicity,with high safety. OBJECTIVE: To construct and identify eukaryotic expression plasmid carrying recombined TGF-?1 by cloning transforming growth factor (TGF)-?1 gene. DESIGN,TIME AND SETTING: The in vitro cell experiment was performed at the Opening Laboratory of Key Clinical Medical Sciences,Henan Provincial High-learning School from March 2007 to February 2008. MATERIALS: Clean healthy Sprague Dawley rats aged 2 months,of both gender,were used for isolating RNA from cells. METHODS: The TGF-?1 mRNA was extracted from the rat bone marrow cells,and amplified by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR),and cloned into the pGEM-T-vector and identified by PCR. Then TGF-?1 gene was subcloned into pcDNA4.0 plasmid vector. The inserting DNA sequences were analyzed. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Expression of TGF-?1 cDNA,pGEM-T-TGF-?1 and recon pcDNA4.0-TGF-?1. RESULTS: There was an obvious electrophoresis strip of TGF-?1 cDNA by RT-PCR. The obtained pGEM-T-TGF-?1 was confirmed correct with PCR amplification and sequence identification. Recombinant eukaryotic expression plasmid pcDNA4.0-TGF-?1 was obtained and identified by digestion. The inserted sequences were conformity to the designed sequences. CONCLUSION: Rat TGF-?1 gene has been successfully cloned,and recombinant TGF-?1 eukaryotic expression vector has been constructed successfully.

OBJECTIVE: Animal experiments prove that alcohol may cause adipo-accumulation in femoral head and then induce osteonecrosis,but its mechanism of action is not known. NIH 3T3 fibroblast is a kind of pluripotent stem cell.There are not relative reports on the effect of alcohol on NIH 3T3fibroblast at present.OBJECTIVE: To observe the effect of alcohol on the differentiation of NIH 3T3 fibroblast into adipocyte and the influence of that on the expression of adipogenic transcription factor-peroxisome proliferator activated receptor gamma (PPAR-γ).DESIGN: Single sample observation.SETTING: Department of Biochemistry, Basic Medical College,Zhengzhou University and Department of Orthopaedics, First Affiliated Hospital, Zhengzhou University.MATERIALS: The experiment was completed in the Laboratory of Department of Biochemistry, Basic Medical College, Zhengzhou University from April 2002 to June 2003.NIH 3T3 fibroblasts were provided by the Laboratory of Department of Orthopaedics,University of Virginia Hospital.METHODS: The NIH 3T3 fibroblasts were divided into 6 groups randomly.The alcohols (volume fraction was 0.998) with the dosage 0(control group),0.03,0.06,0.09,0.15,0.21 mol/L were added respectively to the NIH 3T3 fibroblasts daily.The mixtures were cultured for 14 days and then stained with Sudan Ⅳ .The percentage of adipocyte was determined with image analysis software of computer,Image Pro Plus 4.1.The expression of PPAR-γ mRNA was determined with the technology of reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction.alcohol and control groups.RESULTS: The cells were processed with the alcohols of progressive inpercentages of adipocytes in all the alcohol groups were 11.9% ,23.8%,28.2% ,31.1% ,42.6% respectively and 1.2,2.5,2.9,3.2,4.4 times that in control group(9.6%) respectively. The differences between 0.03 mol/L alcohol group and control group were not significant (P ＞ 0.05),but the differences between the other 4 groups and control group,0.03 mol/L alcohol ues of PPAR-γ mRNA to 18S gene in the cells of all the groups were 0.218,0.411,0.486,0.473,0.453 respectively and were 1.1,2.1,2.5,2.4,2.3times that in control group (0.197) respectively. The differences between 0.03 mol/L alcohol group and control group were not significant(P ＞ 0.05),but the differences between the other 4 groups and control group and 003 mol/L alcohol group were significant extremely(P ＜ 0.001).CONCLUSION: Alcohol can induce differentiations of a large quantity of NIH 3T3 fibroblasts into adipocytes directly, which might be one of the factors of lipotrophy in bone marrow wheri alcohol-induced osteonecrosis happens.

Objective To build unattended in-patient deep venous thrombosis (DVT) assessment system through literature review and clinical practice.Methods Making out the first items through looking up literature review and guidelines and expert consultation,the unattended in-patients were chosen in hospital to scan the items,power the score and set degrees,then different suggestions were made for different degrees.Results The in-patient deep venous thrombosis assessment system included 13 items and 4 degrees.The value was increasing with the danger of deep venous thrombosis,and seven was the point of the curve of deep venous thrombosis incidence.The higher the score was,the higher the rate of composition,and the danger will be more probable.Hence we should pay more attention on patients who had two or more items.Conclusions The study assesses the items quantitatively and make suggestions according to different evaluation levels.The system help nurses to prevent deep venous thrombosis in early stage and make reference for clinical practice.

Objective To study the effect of consciousness restoring needling method combined with Jingjin needling method for shoulder-joint semiluxation patients after stroke.Methods The 108 patients were divided randomly into the treated group(n=58) and the control group(n=50).The treated group was treated with consciousness restoring and Jingjin Needling while the control group treated with consciousness restoring only.The therapeutic effect,shoulder joint movement,and severity of nervous impairment of both groups were observed.Results There were significant differences between the two groups in total effective rate and improvement of joint movement and nervous function(P

Objective To assess the risk factors of adrenal incidentalomas during follow up. Methods In 43 patients with adrenal incidentalomas, the significant risk factors were screened by univariate analysis, and the multivariate analysis was evaluated by logistic regression. Results After an average of (4.0?1.2)years of follow up,4 out of in 21 patients with adrenalectomy were verified to be malignant. By means of multivariate analysis, tumor size ( P =0.018)and abnormal level of hormonal or its metabolic products ( P =0.039)were the risk factors for adrenal incidentalomas and adrenalectomy should be considered when indicated. Conclusions The gains and losses of open surgery for adrenal incidentalomas should be weighed up.If the evaluation of risk factors reveals a possibility of malignancy,adrenalectomy should be undertaken.

Objective: To explore the basic condition of subjective self consistency and congruence and general well-being of soldiers. Methods: 225 soldiers in Chong-qing were required to complete the SCCS and GWB. Results: ①There are notable difference in SCC among educational levels. ②There are notable difference in GWB among army years. ③All factors of SCC positively correlated with GWB; Some factors of SCC had significant direct effects on GWB. Conclusion: The level of soldiers'SCCS and GWB is in order, the army should strengthen mental health education.

Objective To find a method to inherit the experiences of famous senior TCM physicians,through verification and inheritance research of Professor Tian Cong-huo's clinical experience on degenerative gonarthrosis treatment.Methods By means of database of famous senior TCM physicians and various data explore methods,we performed multi-group controlled verification on Professor Tian Cong-huo's acupuncture prescription on degenerative gonarthrosis,in order to investigate the experience thoroughly.Results The three groups treated by Professor Tian Cong-huo's acupuncture prescription got similar therapeutic effects,and patients' symptoms have been relieved remarkably.Compared with the baseline,the scores of the knee joint ache in the group of Professor Tian,Successor,Senior and Control were decreased 1.20 (t=9.00,P＜0.05),1.13 (t=15.76,P＜0.01),1.1 (t=15.99,P＜0.05) and 1 (t=10.42,P＜0.05),respectively.Significant improvements of pain relieves had been achieved in all groups.No significant difference was observed among the previous three groups(F=2.64,P＞0.05),which had obvious improvement effect in comparing with the control group(t=3.81,P＜0.01).Conclusion demonstrated that the group of Professor Tian,the successor,and the senior each did better in knee pain-relief than the control group.Conclusion Confirmed by our research,this acupuncture prescription proves to be repeatable,safe,reliable and stable.Perfoming inheritance and verification research of famous and senior TCM physicians could help juniors learn and investigate their predecessors academic thoughts and connotation,proceed to the next step,inherit the precious experience through verification and combination of theory and practice.

ObjectiveTo compare the clinical efficacy of surgical treatment and non-surgical treatment of humerus surgical neck fracture for elderly patients. Methods106 elderly patients who were diagnosed of fracture of surgical neck of humerus were selacted as the research object, of which 56 patients underwent surgical treatment using locking compression plate ( Operation group ), 50 patients underwent non - surgical treatment using skin traction smoothing method( Control group) ,all the patients were followed up for 6 to 10 months,the clinical efficacy and complications were eorpared. ResultsOperation group, good rate of 83.9％, significantly higher than contra group,good rate of 60.0％ ,the difference was statistically significant ( x2 = 7.61, P ＜ 0.01 ). Operation group, no postoperative complications,5 cases of non- surgical complications, two groups had significant differences in complications (x2 =3.86, P ＜ 0.05 ). ConclusionSurgical treatment of humeral surgical neck fractures in elderly rehabilitation had better efficacy, fewer complications.

Objective To explore the relationship among the severity of coronary disease, c-reaction protein (CRP) and mild renal dysfunction. Methods 64 patients underwent coronary angiography were divided into two groups according to their serum creatinine (cr) levels: normal renal function(cr

Totally 80 rats were randomly divided into the control group, the model group, low, middle and high dose (25, 50, 100 mg x kg(-1)) scutellarin( SC) groups and the colchicine ( Col) group. Apart from the blank group, all of the remaining groups were intraperitoneally injected with 0.5 mL pig serum twice every week for consecutively 13 weeks and orally administered with the corresponding drugs since the 9th week. The blank group and the model group were orally given equal volume of normal saline once every for consecutively four weeks. After the experiment, efforts were made to detect the contents of alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspertate aminotransferase (AST), albumin (ALB), total protein (TP), total bilirubin (TBIL), hyaluronic acid (HA), laminin (LN) and collagen type IV (CIV), collect liver tissues of fixed positions, observe the pathological changes through hematoxylin-eosin (HE) staining, conduct the pathological grading for liver fibrosis, determine the expressions of hepatic collagen type I and III (C I, C III) and calculate their color rendering index. Compared with the model group, low, middle and high dose (25, 50, 100 mg x kg(-1)) SC groups could decrease the contents of ALT, AST, TBIL, HA, LN, CIV, increase the contents of ALB, TP in serum and reduce the contents of C I, C III in liver tissues. In conclusion, scutellarin has a certain therapeutic effect on immune liver fibrosis in rats induced by pig serum.
Alanine Transaminase ; genetics ; metabolism ; Animals ; Apigenin ; administration & dosage ; Bilirubin ; genetics ; metabolism ; Collagen Type IV ; genetics ; metabolism ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; administration & dosage ; Glucuronates ; administration & dosage ; Humans ; Liver ; drug effects ; enzymology ; metabolism ; Liver Cirrhosis ; drug therapy ; genetics ; metabolism ; Male ; Rats ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley